Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation; view more
Licensed in Illinois since: 2015
Education: Northern Illinois University College of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2021 - 2024 Details
A partner at the law firm of Taradash Johnson Janezic in McHenry, Steven Janezic is an aggressive litigator successfully representing people who are seeking justice and full compensation after an injury. Throughout Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois, Mr. Janezic accepts the complex cases other law firms refuse, and his long list of six-figure successes attests to his skill in litigation. Mr. Janezic also represents clients in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association.
Some of Mr. Janezic's notable successes include a $700,000 settlement for an injured worker who tore his rotator cuff, a policy limit settlement of $500,000 in a wrongful death case of an elderly man killed as he crossed the street, a $250,000 policy limit settlement for a man injured in a car accident and a $195,000 settlement for a warehouse manager whose foot was broken by a steel pipe.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in business management from Judson University in 2012, Mr. Janezic enrolled at the Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude with his Juris Doctor. He became licensed to practice law in Illinois in 2015 and began his legal career fighting to protect the rights of the vulnerable at the Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic in Rockford, Illinois.
Professional associations provide critical connections and opportunities for growth, education and service within the legal community, and Mr. Janezic understands the importance of membership. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the McHenry County Bar Association and the American Association for Justice.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation: ClaimantFocus areas
Animal Bites, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 50% Workers' Compensation: Claimant
First Admitted: 2015, Illinois
Professional Webpage: https://www.taradashlaw.com/attorney/janezic-steven-robert/
- Became Partner effective 1-1-2020
- $138,000.00 settlement for a 45 year-old union laborer who sustained soft tissue back injuries resulting in permanent restrictions, 2019
- $100,000.00 policy limit settlement for a McHenry man who needed neck surgery following a car crash. The insurance carrier previously denied liability for the accident. , 2022
- $140,000.00 settlement for an injured worker who sustained a fractured vertebra that did not require surgery. , 2022
- $100,000.00 policy limit settlement for a 54-year-old woman who sustained abdominal injuries in a car crash. , 2022
- $100,000.00 policy limits settlement for a woman who was injured when involved in a snowmobile accident. , 2023
- $200,000.00 settlement for an injured worker who suffered a torn rotator cuff when he fell on ice., 2022
- $175,000.00 settlement for a McHenry County woman who tore ligaments in her ankle when she was attacked by a dog. , 2023
- $321,000.00 settlement for an injured worker who suffered torn ligaments in his wrist while operating a jack hammer., 2022
- $195,000.00 settlement following a pre-trial for a 54-year-old man who was attacked by a dog while riding a skateboard. , 2023
- $180,000.00 for a 52 year old women who sustained injuries to her head and neck in an automobile accident. , 2021
- $126,000.00 settlement for an injured machine operator who sustained a repetitive trauma injury to his arm., 2021
- $100,000.00 settlement for a 62 year old women who was injured in an auto crash, sustaining a shoulder injury that required surgery. , 2021
- $125,000.00 settlement for an injured worker who suffered a broken arm when he fell of a truck. , 2021
- $700,000.00 settlement for an injured worker who was hurt on the job while installing a solar panel system. , 2022
- $250,000.00 policy limit settlement for a 73 year-old women who was struck by a car while walking in a parking lot, sustaining multiple injuries., 2021
- $250,000.00 settlement for a 60 year-old McHenry man who sustained leg fractures when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident., 2021
- $225,000.00 settlement for a 77 year-old man who sustained a shoulder injury requiring surgery when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident., 2021
- $100,000.00 policy limits settlement for a 63 year-old women who suffered a torn rotator cuff in a motor vehicle accident, 2019
- $240,000.00 settlement for a 63 year-old McHenry women who sustained a leg fracture when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident, 2019
- $175,000.00 settlement for an 18 year-old women who suffered ligament damage in her ankle as a result of a car accident, 2019
- $195,000.00 settlement for a warehouse manager who suffered a broken foot when a steel pipe fell on him, 2019
- $115,000.00 settlement for non-union carpenter who suffered a broken foot requiring multiple surgeries, 2018
- $100,000.00 policy limits settlement for a McHenry County woman who suffered soft tissue back injuries in a car accident, 2018
- $120,000.00 settlement following mediation for a McHenry women who suffered a torn rotator cuff in a car accident, 2019
- $100,000.00 settlement for 61 year-old worker who suffered soft tissue back injuries resulting in permanent restrictions, 2018
- $70,000.00 settlement following a pre-trial in McHenry County Circuit Court for a McHenry woman who was rear-ended and developed a cyst in her back, 2017
- $100,000.00 policy limits settlement for 39 year-old McHenry County man who suffered a torn rotator cuff in a car accident, 2020
- $176,000.00 - settlement who for an 18 year-old women who suffered hand lacerations due to others negligence while attending a party, 2020
- $250,000.00 settlement for union worker who injured his ACL and underwent two surgeries, 2020
- $100,000.00 settlement for a non-union machine operator who developed lateral epicondylitis, 2017
- $500,000.00 - policy limits settlement for the family of an 89 year-old man who was struck and killed while crossing the street, 2019
- $90,000.00 settlement for a woman who suffered a broken wrist when she was a passenger in a golf cart accident, 2017
- $100,000.00 policy limits settlement for a McHenry man who was struck by a car while walking along the road and suffered multiple fractures, 2017
- $250,000.00 policy limits settlement for a Crystal Lake man who was injured in a car accident and suffered a broken foot and underwent two surgeries, 2018
- $100,000.00 policy limits settlement for a McHenry man who was rear ended and suffered a torn rotator cuff, 2018
- Illinois State Bar Association, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- McHenry County Bar Association, Member, 2020
- Judson University, B.A., Major: Business Management, Bachelor of Arts, 2012
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“Steve provides excellent legal representation to those injured at work or by the negligence of another.”
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2021 - 2024
